Dr. Frankenstein might not have needed a lightning bolt to bring his monster to life after all. A new study from Stanford ...

We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

Life on Earth has always depended on nitrogen. As a building block of proteins and DNA, nitrogen is essential to all living ...

New research reveals that hydrothermal vents provided early Earth with abundant nitrogen, challenging previous theories.

A study of ancient stromatolites reveals that ammonium reservoirs in early Earth's oceans, likely influenced by volcanic ...

While the Cambrian Explosion kickstarted complex life in a major way some 530 million years, the true timeline of life on ...

Between a rock and a green place: Michelle Gehringer studies fossilized life on early Earth to learn more about the evolution of (oxygenic) photosynthesis - the process that makes the oxygen we ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into ...

We'll be coming home, riding the plasma, splashing in the ocean, so that's what we're looking forward to,’ a 62-year-old ...